The Catholic aid agency Cafod has helped 145,000 people rebuild their lives after a devastating typhoon hit the Philippines a year ago. But now, the agency’s director says, the focus must be on minimising the risk of extreme weather, and that means addressing climate change When I flew into the Philippines a few weeks after Typhoon Haiyan, I was shocked by the extent of the damage. The destruction was the worst I have ever seen – worse even than after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. In Tacloban, it looked like a nuclear bomb had exploded. Winds of 170 mph and 25-foot waves had destroyed concrete buildings, overturned cars, and drowned thousands of people. Typhoon Haiyan would have caused immense damage in any country: imagine waves the height of a house, and winds powerful en